Corsair Obsidian 250D

Darksaber · Sep 21, 2014

We have reviewed most Obsidian cases in the past - with a few exceptions. One being the tiny but capable 250D, the smallest chassis in this family of enclosures. This review of the Corsair Obsidian 250D will show whether Corsair managed to shrink its size to the smallest possible denominator without compromising on any of the aspects that make Obsidian enclosures so very appealing.

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The Quim Reaper · Nov 25, 2014

Get rid of that DVD drive, no Obsidian case should have their sleek looks ruined by ill fitting, outdated tech...

I have a 450D and shudder at the thought of it's good looks being ruined by a non flush fitting optical drive.

nickbaldwin86 · Nov 25, 2014

Great review

here is mine
http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/4047.html

Great case. I agree with you on most all the point, I was able to get a newegg deal on it and picked it up for $70... but compared to the Lian-Li cases it was cheap!

Winston_008 · Nov 26, 2014

If I wanted a mini itx case without compromise I would buy the ncase m1

stinger608 · Nov 26, 2014

I like it! It is pretty much just what I am looking for in a mini ITX case. I would have rather seen a slim drive optical bay but what ever. They should make a kit that allows no optical bay, slim optical bay, or 5 1/4" optical bay. Wouldn't seem to be that big of an engineering design.

inferKNOX · Nov 28, 2014

Page 3 typo: "In the top are two USB 2.0" (should state USB 3.0).

I literally built my new system last night within this case.
Absolutely excellent use of space and I can't think of any way they could have improved upon how well they did it! I highly recommend it.
In it I put an i5-4590, + Corsair H100i, 2 x 4GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3-1866 (set to red to go with the mobo & gpu), MSI Z97i Gaming AC, Crucial M550 256GB, Seagate 2TB 7200rpm, Corsair RM750W and last but not least ASUS GTX 970 Strix. An absolutely perfect snug fit for everything. Very pleased! :peace:

EDIT: and very very quiet, as both the PSU & GPU fans switch off when cooling isn't necessary and are virtually inaudible when on.

BlouBulle · Jun 24, 2015

The Quim Reaper said:
Get rid of that DVD drive, no Obsidian case should have their sleek looks ruined by ill fitting, outdated tech...

I have a 450D and shudder at the thought of it's good looks being ruined by a non flush fitting optical drive.

Add a 5 fan controller, 1stly many ITX cases only have fan controls for the CPU and 1 fan. So I am adding the controller and can add 80mm fans without the noise issues 80mm's usually give and 2 better side fans (5 case fans and CPU cooler in total with the 140mm and 2x 120mm as intakes and the 2 80mm's as exhausts).

System Name	Meshlicious Monster
Processor	Intel Core i5-10600T
Motherboard	MSI Z490I Unify
Cooling	NZXT Kraken Z53 with 2x Noctua Redux 1300 RPM PWM fans
Memory	ADATA 16 GB 3200 Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Gaming X Trio
Storage	TeamGroup 1TB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Asus ProArt 27" 1440P, 75Hz
Case	ssupd Meshlicious with mesh side panels
Power Supply	Fractal Design Ion 660 W Platinum ATX
Mouse	Corsair Dark Core RGB Pro Wireless
Keyboard	Microsoft Sidewinder X4 Keyboard
Software	Windows 10 Home

Processor	Intel i9 9900K @5Ghz 1.32vlts
Motherboard	Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Pro Wi-Fi
Cooling	BeQuiet Dark Rock 4
Memory	32GB Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR4 3200Mhz (16-18-18-36)
Video Card(s)	Nvidia RTX 3080 Founders Edition
Storage	512GB Gigabyte Aorus NVMe (Boot) 1TB Crucial NVMe (Games)
Display(s)	LG UK850 27in 4K Freesync/G-Sync/HDR 600
Case	Fractal Design Meshify C Windowed (Dark Tint)
Audio Device(s)	Corsair HS70 Special Edition Wireless Headphones & 7.1 Sound
Power Supply	Corsair RMx 850w Gold
Mouse	HyperX Pulsefire Surge RGB
Keyboard	HyperX Alloy Elite Mechanical RGB (Cherry Red)
Software	Windows 10 Home

System Name	Red 101
Processor	9th Gen Intel Core i9-9900k
Motherboard	EVGA Z370 Classified
Cooling	Custom Primochill and Heatkiller water cooling loop
Memory	16GB of Gskill 3200Mhz CL14
Video Card(s)	EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 FTW2 with Heatkiller block @2114Mhz
Storage	4- Samsung Evo 250GB, 1- Pro 512GB and 1-512GB M.2
Display(s)	LG 38" UW
Case	In Win 101 customized a lot and painted red
Audio Device(s)	Razer Kraken 7.1 Chroma
Power Supply	EVGA 850w G2
Mouse	Razer DeathAdderv2
Keyboard	Razer Ornata Chroma
Software	Win10Pro and games
Benchmark Scores	NA

System Name	A black box
Processor	AMD fx 8350
Motherboard	Gigabyte 990fxa ud3
Cooling	Stock
Memory	8GB Kingston hyperx 1600mhz
Video Card(s)	Asus directcu top HD5850
Storage	random 250gb
Display(s)	Philips 190b3
Case	antec 200 v2
Audio Device(s)	Integrated
Power Supply	Silverstone 600w strider essentials plus
Software	Windows 7 ultimate 64bit
Benchmark Scores	I once tagged my school desk.

System Name	Dean Machine/2020 Ryzenfall
Processor	Intel 4790K/AMD Ryzen 3700X
Motherboard	MSI 1150 Gaming mATX/Gigabyte AORUS ELITE B550
Cooling	Cooler Master Hyper 212 LED/SilverStone AH240 AIO
Memory	16 gigs Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer/16 gigs G.Skill TridentZ NEO DDR4
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte 1660 Super/Gigabyte GTX 1660
Storage	Crucial SSD 256 and 2TB spinner/Dual Samsung 980 Pro M2 NVME 4.0
Display(s)	Overlord 27" 2560 x 1440
Case	Corsair Air 540
Audio Device(s)	On board
Power Supply	Seasonic modular 850 watt Platinum/EVGA T2-850 Titanium
Software	Windows 10 Pro/Windows 10 Pro

Corsair Obsidian 250D

Darksaber

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The Quim Reaper

nickbaldwin86

Winston_008

stinger608

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inferKNOX

BlouBulle

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System Name	inferKNIGHT
Processor	Intel Core i5-4590
Motherboard	MSI Z97i Gaming AC
Cooling	Corsair H100i
Memory	2 x 4GB DDR3-1866 Crucial Ballistix Tactical Tracer (R/G)
Video Card(s)	ASUS GTX 970 STRIX 3.5GB (+0.5GB? o.O)
Storage	1 x 256GB Cricial M550, 1 x 2TB Samsung 7200.12
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster T260
Case	Corsair Obsidian 250D
Power Supply	Corsair RM750
Software	Windows 8.1.1 pro x64